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What characterisics could be used to classify animals into different groups?
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∙ 13y ago
Scientists classify animals into two large groups based on wether the animal has a backbone or not. shtytrsywsysys
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∙ 13y agoHaving a backbone is the characteristic used by scientists to classify animals.
Also the ability to produce own food is used to classify animals. Locomotion is another factor.
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∙ 13y agoBiology may use skeletal similarities in determining where extinct animals are placed in relation to surviving species and other extinct species. Chromosomal similarities, whether they are eukaryotes (animals, plants, fungi), or whether they are prokaryotes (bacteria, archaea) are commonly used to classify modern species.
Species that are believed to have a similar ancestor are grouped into genuses.
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∙ 13y agoThese characteristics could include habitat (if they live in the sea or live on land; the climate), and certain things like if they have fur or if they eat meat/plants.
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∙ 14y ago- mammals (creatures with hair and babies born alive)
- reptiles (scaly-skinned creatures)
- birds (feathers on bodies)
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Do scientists classify plants and animals using certain charaterisics?
Scientists classify plants and animals on the basis of tasonomy. Taxonomy is classsification, identification and nomenclature of living organisms. Taxonomy is used to classify organisms on the basis of their characteristics, mode of nutrition etc.
What are the 2 main groups of living things?
The two main groups of living things are- a) Plants b) Animals
What two groups did scientists divide organisms into before the sixteen hundreds?
Plants and animals.
What does classifying mean in science?
to classify means to put things into groups
How many different groups of crystal structure are there in minerals?
There are about four different groups of crystals structures that are available in the minerals. The four have different orientations of the close-packed layers.
Why are there different groups of animals?
So people can classify organisms. (find out what they are)
How do scientists classify vertebrates into different groups?
Scientists classify vertebrate into different groups by the way the animal looks or how big or small it is
Biologist classify animals into major groups called?
phyla?
How do scientists classify organisms into different Kingdoms?
scientists use taxonomy to classify and separate them into different groups
What are the different types of criteria used to classify animals into groups?
The different criteria for classifying animals are as follows: Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
How can you classify various sustances?
we classify the objects on the basis of certain characteristics favorable for us. we use different characteristics to classify the different types of the objects into groups.
Why Do Scientiest Need To Classify Animals?
So that they can put them into groups and learn more about their species.
What are the two major groups of organisms?
Prokaryotic (has a nucleus) and eukaryotic (no nucleus).
What characteristic is best to classify birds and bats in different groups?
Body Coverings
What are some of the groups to classify animals into?
Predatory, carnivorous, amphibian, mammal, prehistoric, omnivorous, herbivorous, etc
Biologists classify animals in the animal kingdom into about 35 major groups called?
Phylum
What is monochotomous key?
it is a key to determine and classify the different groups of species for easy classification.
